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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13
THE LATEST TELEGRANS
WASHINGTON,

PRESIDENT and Mrs. Cleveland kept
open house on New Years day and were
thronged with callers. The president
was greatly fatigued. The wives of the
cabinet members also received and We'd
with each other in display.
The national house Of representatives
passed the pension bill which appropri-
ates 1924. 5000. Mr.. Henderson intro
duced a bill authorizing the bridging of
the Mississippi at Dubuque.
The comptroller of the currency feels
compelled to take action upon the mat
ter of calling bonds owned by the nation
al banks, as he has $3,998, 400 of mattured
3 per cents. deposited to secure circula-
ton.
SENATOR SPooNEa presented the petit
ton of the State Grange of Wisconsin
praying for the passage of an Interstate
commerce bill, and expressing the belief
that the public domain ought to be held
for the actual settlers; asking the adop-
ton of a measure preventing the sale of
public lands to aliens, and requesting
that the Commissioner of Agriculture be
given a seat in the Presidents Cabinet.
The commissioner of the general land
office has notified general land agents i'll
Kansas to advise all parties making ap-
plications to enter land heretofore certi
fed to the state of Kansas for the bene-
fit of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad company, that such applications
are wholly useless, as no preference or
other right can thus be acquired.
Mrs. CLEVELAND held her first MONDAY
reception in the green parlor of the Ex-
ecutive Mansion Tuesday. She wore a
dress of violet velvet with half dozen
pink hearted orchids thrust in the but
toning. Mrs. Folsom assisted her daugh-
ter. She was attired in black silk. The
reception was grand success, being very
largely attended.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13

3THE cold wave has descended upon
Mexico. In the capital Monday morning
thin ice formed, the change in the tenn
perature being remarkably sudden.
The Wisconsin state officers were Quiet
ly inaugurated Monday, at Madison, there
being no festivities, as mark of respect
to the late General Logan.
SHARP earthquakes were felt Tuesday
morning at Charleston and Summerville.
5. G., but no damage to buildings re-
suited.
The executive committee of the G. A.
R. Of Southeastern Michigan met Thurs
day at Adria, and decided to hold the en-
campment at the latter place, Aug. % to
26 next.
The Nebraska Legislature organized
Tuesday, With N. V. Harlan as Speaker
of the House, and George D. McKeliohn,
President of the Senate. As Harlan is a
friend of Senator Van Wyck, the latter
thinks his prospects for reelection look
bright.
The trade review for the past year
shows that the steel and iron industry has
been particularly prosperous, but the pre-
diction is made that unless prices stop
where they are the present year will see a
flooding Of the country with foreign ma
terial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13
FOREIGN.

The death is announced in Cheshire of
David Duncan, member of parliament
for the exchange division of Liverpool
He is So years old.
RUSSIA has obtained from the Herseuts
of Paris a loan of 100000 with which
to cut direct water route from the Don
to the Black Sea.
FREDERICK RAINE, consul general at
Berlin, has informed the state depart
ment that American citizens suffer great
annoyance in Europe unless equipped
with passports.
The official announcement comes over
the cable that Mr.. Goschen has accepted
the chancellOrship of the exchequer as a
liberal Unionist. He has been offered the
leadership of the government in the house
of commons.
THE scheme for mobilization on the
troops of Great Britain is perfected, and
by April 1 the government will be able to
get 1000 troops on shipboard at twenty
four hours notice.
THE wheat harvest in Victoria is 12,-
100000 bushels, an average OF II bushels
per acre. The exportable excess it $780,
600 tons, or 10000 tons over that OF the
proceeding year.
The French minister of commerce an
nounces that for the first time in history
wheat of excellent quality and superior
weight has been exported by Russia from
the Caucasus. Large cargoes have been
sent from Poti and Batoum.
PARIS cablegram states that two
English women have been exposed in a
matrimonial swindle by which several
young Frenchmen were made to hand
over large sums to the younger as bridal
presents and settlements.
OvERTUREs for reunion of the liberal
party have been made to Gladstone by
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain. The former
makes the approval of his Irish govern
ment bill, upon which the last liberal
ministry were defeated, a condition pre-
cedent to such reunion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13
Fashionable Finger-Rings.

i sell fnger-rings from $500 up to
So,oOo," said Brooklyn jeweler to an
Eagle reporter. "0f course, the most in
terestlng class of rings are those known
as engagement rings. There are but few
Varletles of the latter, the most popular
being plain gold bands, with diamond
set1lngs' Some times ruby is preferred,
out diamonds have the call. No, I do not
suppose 1t Is really necessary for pros
PectlVe groom to. give his fiancee an en-
gagement-rlng, but custom has decreed
III, ana IN consequence we keep them for
sale. Wedding rings are not so expensive
as they were when | was married. / paid
$40 Tor the ring with which / married nv
wife twelve years ago. | could now buy
similar ring just as heavy for S11. No
man should regret the price he pavs for
wedding ring, as the sensation experi
enced IN buying it seldom comes to one
more than once in a lifetime. A
line, good-sized ruby is even more
costly than diamond of the
same size. Their value depends
wholly on their color. We sell but few
opals, probably because they are consid-
ered unlucky. Cats eyes, greenish brown
stones, with a light running through
them, were formerly very popular with
ladies' Serpent rings are now but sell
dom worn. Of course, some men will
load themselves down with iewelry.
whether 1t be fashionable or not. To
buy diamonds judiciously one must be a
pretty good judge of those stones. Here
is diamond which I sell at S25, which an
inexperienced buyer could not distinguish
from this stone holding up diamond
OF smaller size which is worth S125.
One is very much off color, while the
other is pure white, and as clear as a bell.
In fact, the cheaper of the two stones
makes the best showing, is more dazzling
to they eye, and is seen to much better
advantage by gas-light It's defects, how
ever, are easily distinguishable to the eye
of the experienced ieweIer."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13
SATURDAY, j an. s.
POINTS OF POLITENESS

In the street-Hat lifted when saying
"Good-by'' or Chow do you do?" Also
when offering lady seat Or acknow,
Lodging favor.
Keep step with any one that you walk
with.
Always precede lady up stairs, but ask
If you shall precede her in going through
crowd or public place.
At the street door-Hat off the moment
you step into a private hall.
Let the lady pass first always, unless
she asks you to precede her.
In the parlor-Stand till every lady
in the room, also older people are seat
ed.
Rise if lady enters the room after
you are seated and stand till she takes a
seat.
Look people straight in the face when
they are speaking to you.
Let the ladies pass through door first
standing aside for them.
In the dining room-Take your seats
after ladies and elders.
Never play with your knife, ring OF
spoon.
Do not take your napkin up in a bunch
in your hand.
Eat as fast or as slow as others and fin
ish the course when they do.
Do not ask to be excused before the
others unless the reason is imperative.
Rise when ladies leave the room and
stand till they are out.
If they all go together the gentlemen
stand by the door till ladies pass.
Special rules for the mouth-Smack-
ing the lips and all noise should be avoid
ed.
If obliged to take anything from the
mouth cover it with your hand or nap
kin.
Bed rooms-Never look toward a BED
room.
Always knock at a bed room door or al
a private room.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13
CONNECTING LINKS.

The port of Baltimore is closed by ice.
1t is said the Mormon lobby in Wash
lngton has already cost the church $685.
600.
The transatlantic cable pool has
busted" A war of rates will probably
follow.
Silk beaver hats of the same tone as
the costume are worn by the young per-
sons.
At recent luncheon in New York tinv
spinning wheels were offered as favors.
Gauze fans are highest in favor, but
are of little use in causing a refreshing
breeze.
The capital stock of the North Chicago
Rolling Mil company has been increased
from $5,000,O00 to $6,OOO,OOO.
San Francisco had thirty-one murders
and seventysix suicides last year. What's
the matter with the land of sunshine and
flowers?
The sewing-silk and machine-twist
trade has resolved to advance the price of
manufactured goods 10 per cent, to take
place on February L.
Off Bay st. Louis, Miss, the revenue
cutter William A. Seward chased a SNUG
gler and fired two shots after him but was
outsalled by the strange vessel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13
Train Talk.
Chicago Herald

Il can tell you of champion mean
man," said the conductor. "He's young
farmer who lives down here in the coun-
try apiece. Last summer he got aboard
my train, and in paying his fare display
ed large roll of bills. Just then he saw
a lady whom he appeared to know, and he
went over and sat beside her and engaged
in conversation. When I came up and
asked for the lady's ticket she looked all
| through her pockets but could not find it.
She said she had bought one but must
have dropped it in getting aboard the
cars or in the station. She had no mon
ey, either, excepting nickel or two and
few pennies. / suggested that her
| friend might loan her the money, but he
! said he hadn't any. I knew he was lying
but could say nothing, being the ccnduc-
| tor. If [ had been a passenger I should
have punched his head. There was moth
ing for me TO do but to inform the lady
that her fare must be paid or I should
have 90 put her off. / did this as deli
cately as I could, not meaning a word of
it and intending it more for blug at the
farmer than anything else. But he didn't
weaken. His game was to cheek it out.
He felt confident | would not put the lady
off the train, and l could tell by the look
IN his eye that he ment to try and make
himself solid with her by claiming he
knew all the time he could beat the COM
pany, and that he only did it for a joke.
Some people think 1t so smart to cheat a
railroad. He claimed that she had bought
a ticket, and that I was bound to carry
her for that reason. He said that could
telegraph back to the station and learn
| that such ticket had been sold, and that
would make me all right. I showed him
| the rules under which | work, and ex-
planned the whole case to him like gen
| tleman, but he still persisted in refusing
to pay for her. By this time my blood
was up and pulled the bell-rope. felt
sorry for the lady. She was nearly cry
| ing from vexation, but when the train
stopped / asked her to follow me. Not
until she reached the platform did her
friend weaken and give me the money
three dollars and some cents it was-for
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13
URINE AND GRIMM LS.

In the federal court at st, Louis, on a
plea of guilty, Joseph III. White was SEN
fenced to three years in the penitentiary
for counterfeiting Brazilian bank notes.
dying convict at the Missouri peni-
tertiary confessed having murdered and
robbed JudsOn G. Armstrong, near Odes-
sd, two years ago.
The grand jury at Chicago has indict
wife last month. During his confne-
ment in Jail he has steadily feigned in
sanity.
j. L. Roy and Paul Douglass, who con-
Quoted wholesale and retail iewelry bus
mess at Omaha, have skipped to Canada,
taking with them three trunks containing
$4,000 worth of valuables.
IN the criminal court at st. Louis, on
plea of guilty, the express rob bers, Wit
trock and Haight, were sentenced to
seven years each in the Missouri peniten-
tiary, and Weaver to five years.
JOHN A. OsGooD, who lived at Ritchie.
ILL.,, suddenly became insane Tuesday,
and chased Samuel Haynes with butch
er-kpife. The latter, in self-defense,
shot Asgood who died in a short time.
DAN MoRIARrY was indicted, Wednes-
day, at st. Louis, for being accessory
after the fact to the express robbery.
Haight. who planned the crime, says
Fotheringham, the messenger, is innocent
of all charges brought against him.
FRED WITToCK AND WEAVER, the express
robbers, were lodged in jail at st. Louis,
Wittock confessed to have planned the
robbery with Haight, and insists that
rockingham had nothing to do with it
| Nearly $4,000 of the money has been re-
covered, the most of it from beneath
| Oscar Cooks house, in Leavenworth.
Gov. FORAKER granted a pardon to
| Priestly Buckmaster, the Oldest prisoner
in the Columbus penitentiary. He was
68 years old, was under life sentence
and had served twenty seven years. Dur.
| ing his stay he had been an exemplary
prisoner, and thirteen thousand prisoners
had come and gone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13
A Deceptive World.
Detroit Free Press.

Z was standing right here by this
splle," said stranger yesterday at the
foot of Randolph street to a policeman
who had come up, when I saw man
over there by that post. lie acted as if
he was In trouble, and I suspected he was
going to jump into the river. I turned
for minute to watch the ferry-boat, and
when l looked again he was gone"
The officer advanced to the edge of the
dock, peered around, and replied:
"Here's hole in the ice, Did YOU
hear a spIash?"
''No."
Nobody call out?
"No."
"And he disappeared all at once?"
"He did, sir. You look around here,
and I'll take glance behind that wood
pile"
The officer was seeking a way to get
down on the ice, when the man called to
him, and led him behind pile of wood.
There was a man there, and he had a bot
tie in his hand.
''Same person, STRIP whispered the Off
cious individual. Il told you I suspected
he was In trouble. 1t wasn't that, sir; but
he wanted to take drink without feeling
obliged to pass the bottle to me, and he
lodged in here. Sorry to have alarmed
you, sir; but this is world of deception,
and as soon as you are gone he'll either
divide up, or III thump his head for
himI'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13
GENERAL NOTES.

THE Academy of Music at New York is
to be sold at auction.
TIE new soldiers home at Grand Rap
ids, Mish, which cost 100000 and will
accommodate 500 persons, was dedicated
Thursday afternoon.
John NJ. Langston, the ex-miaister to
Hayti, is rich, and owns some of the most
valuable property in Washington.
THERE are five or six inches of snow
at Macon, Georgia, and Jackson, Mississ.
ppi. In the latter city the stress are
filled with improvised sleighs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13
An Unfortunate Couple.
Philadelphia Times

Look here" said a dude to news
paper man, ''you tell me couple of good
jokes. I want to get them off as original
you know, at little social gathering to-
night. I will lend you five dollars If you
do"
II don't think it will work" replied the
newspaper man.
'Why not?"
81 am so blamed poor that if So,
is found on my person I'll be suspected
of having stolen them; and you are so
stupid that if you get off joke they will
sus pect you right off,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13
was disposed of. After executive
session the senate adjourned.

was disposed of. After executive
session the senate adjourned.
House-During the morning hour
| the house resumed, in committee
of the whole, consideration of the bill for
permanent improvement of the Erie
! Oswego canal, and to secure freedom of
the same to the commerce OF the United
STATES. The morning hour having
expired, the committee rose, and the bill
resumed its place upon the calendar.
| The house then went into committee of
the whole springer, of Illinois, in the
chair on the pension appropriation bill,
which appropriates $76,247,50Q, being
only $4,000 below the estimates, the re-
duction being in the item for the rent of
| offices for pension agencies. Without
amendment or discussion the bill was
read, reported to the house and passed.
Henderson (Iowa) introduced bill au-
| thorizing the construction of bridge
across the Mississippi river at Dubuque,
Iowa. Referred. The house then ad-
journed.
FRIDAY, Jan. Z.
Senate-In the senate several petit
tions were presented in favor
|
stations bill Also a remonstrance signed
by many business men of Dayton, Ohio,
against and petitions from the Business
Mems club of Kenosha, Wis, and from
the Wisconsin State Grange in favor of
the Interstate commerce bill.
Henderson, from the committee on
military affairs, reported back the house
bill providing for school CT instruction
for cavalry and light artillery at Fort
Riley, Kas., and for the completion and
construction of quarters for the army at
certain posts. The bill was amended by
appropriating $4,000 for Fort ID. A. Rus
sell and $55 ,OO0 for Fort Robinson, Neb.,
and was passed. Mcpherson pre-
scented an amendment to the in
ter-state commerce bill which he
said he would offer when it came up. 1t
was ordered printed. After executive
session the senate adjourned until
Monday.
House = On motion of Perkins
(Kas.), the senate bill was passed
amending the act providing for the sale
of the Sac and Fox Indian reservation IN
Nebraska and Kansas. The amendment
provides for the allotment of lands in
seVeralty to minors and orphans.
IdtSh MI IlduO oil uuSuCC6SSIt kE
effort to have the private business dis
pensed with for the day for the purpose
of having the house resume considera-
ton of the bill creating a department. of
agriculture and labor but the house went
into a committee of the whole on the
private calendar. The committee
soon rose, and the house took
a recess until this evening. At the
evening session the house passed
forty-two pension bills, including one
granting $50 month to the widow of
Durbin Ward. Adjourned.
SATURDAY, Jan. s.
House-The committee on civil service
reform reported back the senate bill re-
pealing the tenure of Office act. The
senate joint resolution was passed ap-
pointing JAS P. Angel member of the
board of regents of the Smithsonian in
stitution. Mr.. Willis, (Ky.,) reported the
river and harbor bill and the house ad-
journed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13

SENATOR HAMPTON, of South Carolina,
had for several years a sword that was
worn by an English officer in the famous
charge of the Light brigade at Balaklava.
The officer was Capt. George Johnson,
and after the Crimean war he came to
this country. He served the union in the
Sd regiment of Pennsylvania cavalry, and
exchanged swords with Col. j. Lee Engle-
bert, then captain in that command.
Col. Englebert was captured in Noyem-
Der, 1862, at HARDWOOD Church, Virginia,
by Gen. Hampton's cavalry, and Hamp-
ton preserved the sword as a personal
memento, it being entirely of steel, bas-
kei-hilted, and of quaint and very fine
workmanship. Col. Englebert wrote to
Senator Hamp on few months ago ask
ing the favor of its return and received a
corteour reply of concent; but on search
being made for it the senator was unable
to find the sword, and its whereabouts
just now is unknown. He is determined
to recover it and send it to Col Engle-
bert if possible.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13
The Only Way to Conquer Dyspepsia.

1t is perfectly preposterous to introduce pepsin
and other artificial solvents into the stomach, in
the expectation that they will assist digestion by
acting on the food itself They will not Nor is
it possible thus tG overcome dyspepsia. The only
30 conquer that disorder, and prevent the
numerous SeaSeS and diSabil ties which it assur-
e4lt rroyokeS, is to renew the activity of gastric
action by strengt henng the stomach. Hostetter' S
stomach B.tterS eradicetes the most inveterate
forms of indigestion by restoring vitality to the
alimentary organs, and those which are tributary
10 them The liver. the bowels, the kidneys and
the nerves, no less than the stomach, experience
the invigorative effects of that standard tonic,
which possesses Alternative properties that greatly
enhance its beneficial influence, and give a per-
manence to its effects which they would not 9TH
erwiSe possess.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13

her fare. Then he was mean enough to
take from her the few cents she lad in
her purse, and to tell her very plainly the
exact amount of the balance due him. /
would have been almost willing to have
the train run off the track if that farmer
passenger could have been killed in the
accident
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13

''FEATHERBoRNE,' an article prepared
from the quilts of geese and turkeys, is
largely taking the place of whalebone in
the manufacture of whips, etc., for which
whalebone was formerly used exclusively.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13

The last Ineligible words uttered by
Jehn A. Logan were: eff this is the end,
L am ready" The last words of John
Quincy Adams, who died in the Speak
cr's room in the Capitol at Washington
on the 23d of February, 1848, were:
''This is the end of all; am content"
Some writer's quote the first clause as
''This is the last of EARTH" but the most
authentic Version is the one we have Civ
en-,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13

A tunnel twelve miles lone is to be run
in, Nevada county, California, for the
purpose of draining certain mines in that
section. A company with $1,00O,O0O
capital has been formed to do the work
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13

The French Minister of commerce an
nounces that for the first time in history
wheat of excellent quality and superior
weight has been exported by Russia from
the Caucasus. Large cargoes have been
sent from the ports of Potiand Batou N.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13

In New York and vicinity it is estimat-
ed there are seVenty-five toboggan clubs.
The tobaggans in general use are made
of Stats of rock maple, Kindred and
highly finished. Three of the Stats are
slightly thicker than the others, and are
provided with steel shoe, which is fast
ened by fanges that are turned into the
wood in such way that no bolts, screws
ore riVets are used anywhere along the
bearing surface.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13

IT is estimated that the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul will issue not less
than $4,000 annual passes for 1887. Of
this number, between 5000 and 1000
mplimentaries to the officials of other
roads. The Chicago g. Northwestern has
its general offices in Chicago, and prob
ably issues even more passes than the
st. Paul road, as it is located in larger
city, although the rules for that road for
issuance are much more strict than on
any other northwestern railway line.